IU Northwest will host the Environmental Justice and Humans Rights Conference Saturday, April 5 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Savannah Center Auditorium.

The conference will address three key topics affecting northwest Indiana: What are environmental justice and human rights? What does this mean for jobs, economic development, health policy, Brownfield’s and transportation? What are the health effects of the East Chicago confined disposal facility? Experts will lead two panels. The first panel will be from 9:45 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and the second will begin at 12:30 p.m. and end at 2:30 p.m.

This event is sponsored by the Northwest Indiana Environmental Justice Partnership and the Calumet Project in conjunction with the Department of Minority Studies, and ALMA and the IU Northwest Black Student Union. For more information, contact Eric Boria at eboria@netnitco.net, Dr. Earl R. Jones at 980-6704 or John Stankovic at 845-5008, ext. 221.